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How Apples Came to India Apples were not native to India. Until the early 20th century, they were mainly grown in Europe, America, and Central Asia. The climate of the north-western Himalayas was suitable for apples, but no proper cultivation was attempted until an American named Samuel Evans Stokes Jr. introduced them. Samuel, who later became famous as Satyanand Stokes, brought high-quality apple saplings from the United States in 1916 and planted them in Kotgarh, Himachal Pradesh. These were